OPENING-ROUND EXIT:Taiwan’s Chan Chin-wei fell at the first hurdle in the women’s doubles, as she and Junri Namigata of Japan fell to a 6-3, 6-1 loss in just 59 minutes
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 20, 2017
By: AFP, Melbourne
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei exited the second round of the Australian Open yesterday as
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei returns to Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia in their Australian Open second-round women’s singles match in Melbourne yesterday. Photo: AP
diminutive Dominika Cibulkova kept her campaign on track as the sixth seed moved deeper into a tournament that has happy memories.
The 27-year-old Slovak, traveling under the radar, despite winning the WTA Finals in October last year, saw off Hsieh on Margaret Court Arena 6-4, 7-6 (10/8), winning on her fifth match point.
It set up a third-round clash against Russian 30th seed Ekaterina Makarova, who progressed after her opponent Sara Errani retired while losing 6-2, 3-2 with what appeared to be a leg injury.
If Cibulkova comes through that, dangerous ninth seed Johanna Konta or Caroline Wozniacki, a former world No. 1, could be next up. [FULL STORY]
